MANHATTAN, KAN. – Police in Riley County arrested Jason Pearson, 35, of Wichita, Kansas on several warrants for failure to appear. Original offenses associated with these warrants were giving worthless check (X3). He was given a bond of $10,000.00 on one of these warrants and “no bond” on the additional two. At the time of this report Pearson was confined at the Riley County Jail. Pearson was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on January 14, 2016 at approximately 2:00 PM. Christean Ross, 27, of Manhattan was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear while at the Riley…
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By Randy Peterson, K-State Athletics Communications (File Photo) Kansas State used a strong defensive performance and a 13-1 run in the fourth quarter to end a four-game losing streak to secure a 47-44 win over Oklahoma State on Wednesday night at Bramlage Coliseum. Both teams struggled offensively in the first quarter, as Oklahoma State held a 10-8 lead at the end of the first. The Wildcats shot 25.0 percent from the field, while the Cowgirls were at 35.7 percent. K-State forced six Oklahoma State turnovers in the opening frame. The Wildcats received a boost off the bench from Jessica Sheble…
Associated Press reporter Julie Bykowicz discusses the Goldman Sachs loan that Ted Cruz failed to disclose during his 2012 Senate campaign.
The FBI says there’s no indication so far that the man who ambushed a Philadelphia policeman was part of an organized terror cell.
The rift between local government and Topeka grows. Riley County commissioners were unified in their disappointment following Gov. Sam Brownback’s State of the State address Tuesday night. Thursday morning, commissioner Robert Boyd — who’d met with Brownback to discuss local issues in recent months — led the charge. “He obviously doesn’t need, want, desire our input or support,” Boyd said. The biggest issue the commission had with the address was Brownback’s support of the state-imposed property tax lid, which would force counties and cities to hold an election on their respective budget if property taxes exceed the rate of inflation.…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita doctor accused of unlawfully distributing prescription drugs has been indicted after a patient died from an overdose. The U.S. attorney’s office says the 31-count indictment against Dr. Steven R. Henson was unsealed Thursday. The 54-year-old is accused of writing prescriptions for cash, when there wasn’t a medical need and for people other than the ones who came to see him. Federal prosecutors say the drug scheme resulted in the death of a patient in July. His attorney, Kurt Kerns, didn’t immediately return a phone call from The Associated Press. Charges against Henson include unlawfully distributing…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The newly appointed director of the University of Kansas’ new Sexual Assault Prevention & Education Center says she is not daunted by the attention the school has received due to issues with sexual violence. The Lawrence Journal-World (http://bit.ly/1PuqxMx ) reports that the school announced Jennifer Brockman’s appointment Wednesday, and that she will start her new job Jan. 20. She is currently the executive director of the University of Iowa’s Rape Victim Advocacy Program. The University of Kansas is among universities that the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating for their handling of sexual…
A 57-year-old Kansas Department of Corrections inmate serving time in a Geary County case has apparently been released from jail. Alex Mackey had been serving time on convictions including drug possession, theft, aggravated burglary,and aggravated robbery in four different counties from 1983-2002. The Geary County conviction was Mackey’s first reported conviction in 1983. Public comment sessions were held last August. A report earlier this month indicates Mackey’s current status as post incarceration. His current location is in Sedgwick County. Mackey’s other convictions were in Finney, Atchison, and Sedgwick counties.
In this edition of In Focus, KMAN’s Cathy Dawes speaks with Fort Riley with Commissary Director Peter Howell; CYSS Administrator Cheryl Greathouse; Medical Outreach Specialist Rebeka Ladd; Dr. Randall Phebus, K-State Professor of Food Safety and Defense; and Eric Higgins, von Waaden Chair of Investment Management at K-State.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A coroner says a woman whose body would found in a Kansas creek was strangled. The body of 38-year-old Mary Ann Arnett was found in a creek south of Nickerson in June 2015. The Hutchinson News reports Jamie Hatfield, of Hutchinson, is charged with premeditated first-degree murder, aggravated intimidation of a witness and conspiracy to commit murder in Arnett’s death. Her preliminary hearing is scheduled for next week. Prosecutors say Hatfield and Jonathan Perser-Wilson were involved in Arnett’s death. Perser-Wilson was shot and killed by police during a confrontation the day after Arnett’s body was found. Reno…